In another sign Washington’s hopelessly corrupt, disgraced Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. will collect tens of thousands of dollars in government disability pay while serving time for defrauding government.

Seems the feds bought his last-minute claims of a “mood disorder,” qualifying him for a reported $8,700 a month in federal aid.

This outrageous largess comes on top of a partial federal pension of $45,000 he’ll also collect, despite his sins in office. This is the same convicted swindler who lined his pockets with federal campaign cash.

As the feds were closing in on Jackson, he suddenly didn’t feel so hot. He vanished for two weeks from his Capitol office before his staff disclosed he was on medical leave for “exhaustion.”

We’re looking at this all wrong, LC. This man is to be lauded as an exemplary progressive. This is simply resume’ enhancement and will vault him into disabled victim status when he makes his way back to the political stage. And did we really think that a federal entitlement administrator was going to turn down an offspring (of which there are many) of Jesse Jackson in review? This brief challenge of incarceration is completely unfair, politicized and of course, raaaaacist.

They both should be barred from holding another public position, but they probably got a pass on that too. Graft, bribery, and filing false income tax returns are simply standard operating procedure with progressives. But Veteran and Tea Party groups are on the terrorist list!